The View hosts have criticized Congresswoman Nancy Mace's remarks opposing transgender women's access to female-only spaces as Sarah McBride becomes the first openly transgender woman in Congress, with one saying she would be more scared of sharing a bathroom with Marjorie Taylor Greene.Republican Mace has filed a bill seeking to ban transgender women from using women's bathrooms in the U.S.
Capitol."Letting biological men in our spaces is not only an invasion of privacy. It puts our safety at risk too," Mace wrote on X, formerly Twitter, in response to a post on the bill from Ian Miles Cheong, a Malaysian right-wing influencer who frequently comments on American politics.McBride, a biological male, does not get a say in women's private spaces.
https://t.co/lyudPogWGw"McBride, a biological male, does not get a say in women's private spaces," Mace wrote in an additional X post specifically targeting the incoming congresswoman."I don't understand why this is her welcome to someone who is coming to make a difference in the country," Whoopi Goldberg said on the The View.McBride is a Delaware state senator and LGBTQ+ advocate who made history defeating Republican John Whalen III in the race for Delaware's lone House seat.
Whalen is a retired construction company owner and former state trooper who ran a shoestring campaign in his first bid for public office."I didn't run to be a spokesperson for a movement," McBride said on The View earlier this month. "I ran to be a voice for Delawareans."Co-host Sara Haines said this is no way to welcome a newly elected member of Congress."It's not a welcome.